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Helicopter flying low and slow over Forest Hills today comes in peace, means you no harm
By adamg on Fri, 11/10/2023 - 11:21am
Forest Hills awoke today to the sound of a helicopter inching its way up Hyde Park Avenue, and as one 311 reporter complained. "looking into resident back yards."
In fact, the helicopter is unconcerned with whatever people are storing in their backyards. It and its crew were hired by Amtrak to survey the poles that support the power lines for trains in the Northeast Corridor.
It's been slowly moving north from Rhode Island since September, resulting in a spate of complaints and queries as it entered Boston, starting in Readville on Oct. 23 and reaching the Blakemore Street Bridge in Roslindale on Tuesday and now Forest Hills.
Video as it seems to hover in line at the Dunkin' Donuts on Hyde Park Avenue at Walk Hill Street.
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Henry Hill…
Cue Henry Hill / Ray Liotta and Harry Nilsson “Jump Into The Fire”.
This first thought if I saw
This first thought if I saw that when waking up would be ... Oh mu God!! That pilot was able to control a landing before it was about to crash!!" Then call the Fire Dept. Right away. They definitely should have posted hard copy notices around the area ahead of time.
Living up to the UHUB byline
Thanks for the helicopter update, Adam.
Well, it's not black, so that
Well, it's not black, so that's a plus.
Um
I bet they did some analysis and determined that a two-person crew and a truck, and a camera drone or two is neither as effective nor cost-effective.
Do I win the bet?
It’s a possibility if you include they also …
…. determined they owed nothing to people living below.
Because there are no powerful
Because there are no powerful people with money here. I'd like to see how this would fly (no pun intended) in the back yards of Moss Hill homes.
Trains go places
trucks can't go.
Is there no other way to do
Is there no other way to do this alleged work for this alleged reason? Prove the transparency to the public that we always hear.....show us the legal contract and proposal that was done to let this happen? This is ALL wrong all over, under, sideways and around.
Huh?
What the hell are you trying to say?
I'm saying there should have
I'm saying there should have been an abutters notice. Maybe I'm wrong because I have a fear of flying and aircraft crashes.
I'm no expert
but I don't think it works like that. Amtrak is a federal agency and airspace is federally regulated and I don't think the feds really care that your house is next to their tracks (it's actually not *their* tracks in this area but that's a whole other story that Adam has covered before...)
Here's your notice: there are
Here's your notice: there are occasionally going to be machines in the sky in your general vicinity. This notice expires 12/31/2099.
You would think
Using a drone would be cheaper, quieter and a lot less dangerous.
Maybe they are looking for
Maybe they are looking for new life-sciences spaces.
No
They are working for Amtrak surveying power poles, it's in the words written above. Haven't you grown tired of your nonsense?
Ah yes, a joke in the "here's
Ah yes, a joke in the "here's an unrelated thing that people talk about" genre beloved by people who think they're clever.
"looking into resident back yards"
Please, get over your main character self.
"My God, they must be here to get a good view of my empty kiddie pool and overturned lawn furniture!"
They might be out of a job
What reason would they have to snoop on their neighbors if there's a helicopter doing it?